| Description |
283 pages ; 24 cm |
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regular print |
| Contents |
Introduction / David Parkin -- Theological thoughts about evil / Donald Taylor -- Unruly evil / David Pocock -- The root of all evil / Alan Macfarlane -- The seed of evil within / David Rheubottom -- Confucian confusion: the good, the bad and the noodle western / Brian Moeran -- The popular culture of evil in urban south India / Lionel Caplan -- Buddhism and evil / Martin Southwold -- Hindu evil as unconquered lower self / Ronald Inden -- Is God evil? / Mark Hobart -- Good, evil and spiritual power: reflections of Sufi teachings / John Bousfield -- Do the Fipa have a word for it? / Roy Willis -- Entitling evil: Muslims and non-Muslims in coastal Kenya / David Parkin -- There is no end of evil: the guilty innocents and their fallible god / Joanna Overing |
| Summary |
Evil may be said to be shadowy, mysterious, covert, and associated with night, darkness, secrecy. It is a force acting to destroy the integrity, happiness and welfare of 'normal' society. It is at once the cause and the explanation of misfortune, of the wretchedness of human existence, and of our own individual wrongdoing. That, at any rate, is substantially the western Christianity (and pre-Christian) view. Yet the different societies have opted for very different sets of explanations, which have themselves evolved in radically contrasting ways. There are societies, for example, in which there is no concept of evil. This book discusses the problem in the context of different societies and religions- Christian , Confucian, Buddhist, Hindu, and Muslim for example. It also provides unusual perspectives on questions such as the nature of innocence, the root of evil, the notion of individual malevolence and even whether God is evil. [Publisher] |
| Analysis |
Evil - Anthropological perspectives |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Good and evil.
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Human beings.
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Social interaction.
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Theological anthropology.
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| Author |
Parkin, David J.
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| LC no. |
84020344 |
| ISBN |
0631137173 |
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9780631137177 |
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